St Sofia

Sofia, Bulgaria Monday, June 27, 2016 In Sofia, Bulgaria, the boys and I visited the St Sofia church, a redbrick building dating back to the 6th century. The church honors Sofia the Martyr, who, along with her daughters, was murdered in Rome, around 137 AD. I’m not Catholic, but I can’t resist a good saint’s …

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Kingscote, South Australia, Australia   Friday, August 19, 2016 Everybody knows that the basic premise of all writing, even travel blogging, is conflict. It is discomfort. Some real life examples: An old office-mate of Guy's kept a blog while he was riding his bike across the country wearing jean shorts.  At the end of each …

Where Women Glow and Men Thunder

  Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Monday, August 8, 2016 It's August, so we must be in Australia. Just kidding. Here’s what happened: One Saturday morning in April, after the doctor stitched my Achilles back together but before I could shower without the three legged medical stool, I was idly, and somewhat opioidately, reclining on the …

In Case you were wondering about the Plums

My mom used to shrug off indulgence with a poem. “This is just to say”, she would murmur, slicing the dense chocolate cake frosted with fudge so thick that we could peel it off and eat it in slabs. “So sweet/and so cold”, I would finish, reaching around her to sliver off my own corner …

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